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Thanks to all of you who have written to me individually to follow up about this. I hope it's ok if I respond via the listservs since the same information is useful for everyone. Also, I am traveling today so for the most part I'm not at a computer.</div>
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Some students have come forward with eyewitness accounts of this incident, and those have accounts have been consistent with each other. So thanks to the students for that. We are passing that information along to UCPD. Beyond that we do not have the capacity
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The incidents have been limited to center on Paul, and Paul is aware that this has been happening and can make plans for his own situation. There is nothing that we know of that suggests the actions extend to anyone beyond Paul. Also, there is nothing that
we know of to suggest that the patterns would escalate to physical violence beyond the property crime of tearing the poster. I wrote the emails earlier today out of an abundance of caution. You always have the ability to close and lock your office door when
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Hopefully this gets resolved soon and as before I'll keep you up to date with any new information.</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 3, 2025 9:20 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> poscfaculty@lists.ucr.edu <poscfaculty@lists.ucr.edu>; poscgrad@lists.ucr.edu <poscgrad@lists.ucr.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Bryan Barker <bryan.barker@ucr.edu>; adriana.hernandezgomez1@email.ucr.edu <adriana.hernandezgomez1@email.ucr.edu>; Donna Perez <donna.perez@ucr.edu>; Kristy L Salazar Nugent <kristy.salazar@ucr.edu>; Rebecca Wu <rebecca.wu@ucr.edu>; Mark J Tankersley
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Poscfaculty] ongoing security concern in Watkins</font>
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One quick update to this — until this issue is resolved, UCPD have recommended that we keep the outer door to the POSC admin suite locked. The reason is that there is a window on that outer door so staff can see who is requesting access to the suite. There
is also the possibility that staff might need to switch to remote work and if they do there will be a notice on the door to let you know.</div>
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Thanks very much to all of you for engaging this. We will continue to give updates as we learn more information.</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 3, 2025 8:37 AM<br>
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<b>Cc:</b> Bryan Barker <bryan.barker@ucr.edu>; adriana.hernandezgomez1@email.ucr.edu <adriana.hernandezgomez1@email.ucr.edu>; Donna Perez <donna.perez@ucr.edu>; Kristy L Salazar Nugent <kristy.salazar@ucr.edu>; Rebecca Wu <rebecca.wu@ucr.edu>; Mark J Tankersley
<mark.tankersley@ucr.edu>; marly.attia <marly.attia@email.ucr.edu>; Lorena Jaramillo <lorena.jaramillo@ucr.edu>; Lety Vazquez-Angeleri <lety.vazquezangeleri@ucr.edu>; Amy Yin <amy.yin@ucr.edu>; Gary J Kuzas <gary.kuzas@ucr.edu>; Marcelina R Ryneal <marcelina.ryneal@ucr.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Poscfaculty] ongoing security concern in Watkins</font>
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Unfortunately, over the past few weeks, an individual or individuals have been tearing the poster of Paul's book cover from the wall next to his office door, and it seems that in the most recent iteration they have thrown the debris inside of the POSC admin
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Because this is ongoing and because of the possibility of an escalation in the behavior, for the time being the office staff might choose to work with their office doors closed. If they do, they will post a note on their door about their availability.</div>
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Hopefully this behavior will stop and we can return to normal soon. In the meantime, please be on the lookout for unusual behavior in the hallway and if you see engaging in concerning behavior you should report the incident to campus police. I do not have any
more details other than what I write here but I will let everyone know if I learn anything new.</div>
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Thanks so much for your attention to this.</div>
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